discuss document export feedback print share gallery-landscape xml Search hua Rapunga hou Te tanai human history Tukua Tirohanga API Ingoa KēHafted adze tool Wiin te tanaiKupu whakaahuaTe tanai. Hafted adze tool. This is an adze blade. It is a component of a tool that would be used to cut or shape a hard material. It has been carved from lambis bryonia otherwise commonly referred to as a spider conch. It is triangular in shape with a natural convex surface. The edge of the blade that makes contact when in use is slightly concave and has been sharpened to a thin edge. The surface is fractured in some areas of cracking with uneven ridging. The base side is concave. Its is off-white with an underlying yellow tone.WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiAccession Number1936.295Rā Tāpiringa1936Tohu Tuakiri Kē24082WāhangaPacific Uiuitia Tāpirihia ki Taku Kete Te tanai; 1936.295; 24082; Cultural Permissions Apply Tirohia ngā pikitia Mātātuhi me ngā tuhinga Mātātuhi Mātātuhi Taonga Taonga Rārangi MihiCollection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1936.295, 24082Takenga ā-AhureaKiribatiKohingaMaudeKaiwaihanga Matua Unknown (Maker)WāhiGilbert Islands/KiribatiRāPre 1936Tikanga WaihangacarvedWaitohu/māka24082; GILBERT IS.; DEP (handwritten)PāohoLambis bryouia/seashell/shellRaraunga Ine110mm550mm25mmHuinga KaupapaTools and Implements/- PACIFIC SUBJECTS -Taumata whakarōpūAdzeWoodworking T&ETools & EquipmentWhakahounga o Mua30 Nov 2018 E hangaia tonutia ana te kohinga tuihono a Tāmaki Paenga Hira; tāpirihia ai ngā whakahoutanga me ngā pūkete i ia wiki. I ētahi wā, kāore anō kia whakaūhia ngā pūkete e ngā kaimahi o Te Whare Taonga, tēnā pea he hapa kei roto i ngā kōrero. Search hua Rapunga hou The gift of curiosity With unlimited free entry to all paid exhibitions, discounted event tickets and exclusive Member-only events, a Museum Membership is the gift that keeps on giving year-round. SEE OPTIONS FROM $60